spate
美 [speɪt] 
英 [speɪt]
词形变化
复数：spates 同义词
英汉双解
1. | [ususing] ~ of sth 一连串，接二连三（通常指不愉快的事物）a large number of things, which are usually unpleasant, that happen suddenly within a short period of time |
| The bombing was the latest in a spate of terrorist attacks. 这次炸弹爆炸事件是一连串恐怖主义袭击中最近的一起。 |
习惯用语
in (full) spate
暴涨；发洪水containing more water and flowing more strongly than usual
| After heavy rain, the river was in spate. 大雨过后，河水暴涨。 |
| Celia was in full spate(= completely involved in talking and not likely to stop or able to be interrupted) . 西莉亚口若悬河，滔滔不绝。 |
英汉解释
英英解释
例句
But Hollywood executives fear the glut created by the recent spate of overproduction is going to be felt for at least a couple more years.
不过，好莱坞高层人士担心，最近几年电影多产带来的供应过剩问题在未来几年内还将继续存在。
U. S. officials are trying to speed up assistance in the wake of the spate of flooding and tornado disasters this spring.
今年春天美国发生了一系列洪灾和龙卷风后，政府官员正设法加快援助步伐。
They need to know about it, in the same way that there was a spate of Holocaust films to remind people that this must never happen again.
用以前那种揭露纳粹大屠杀的电影是一样，是要用这种方式提醒人们绝不能让类似事件再次发生。
The team's recent slippage in the Bundesliga is due to a spate of injuries, which have put some of its best players out of action.
该俱乐部最近在德甲的排名下滑是受伤病所累，许多优秀的球员现在都无法上场比赛。
None of the U. S. requirements is enough to prevent fraud, as the spate of Chinese scandals demonstrates.
从中国公司接二连三的丑闻来看，美国的这些要求中没有一个足以防止欺诈。
For now, a spate of rough weather in the southern Mediterranean seems to have slowed the rate of new arrivals.
现在，一个在地中海南部恶劣天气一连串似乎减缓了新移民率。
There has been a recent spate of rulings against businesses, restricting their ability to open mines and build factories.
近期政府出台了一批针对企业的新规，限制企业开矿建厂。
Scientists believe that during the Cretaceous period, a spate of volcanic activity caused plant life to bloom on the surface of the oceans.
科学家认为，在白垩纪，一连串的火山活动导致植物在海平面生长旺盛。
His highly image-conscious customers are bound to have been worried by the spate of horror stories about workers at Foxconn.
他那些具有高度品牌意识的顾客们正为那些铺天盖地的关于富士康员工们的可怕故事而忧心忡忡。
Share prices tumbled across the globe yesterday amid mounting fears over the financial health of banks and a spate of dividend cuts.
全球股市昨日全线下跌，因投资者对银行财务状况的担忧不断加剧，同时有一批企业减少派息。
In the last 18 months, there have been a spate of highly publicized suicides at Hon Hai facilities.
过去18个月里，鸿海工厂发生了一连串被高度曝光的自杀事件。
Although the market is in its infancy, it has been the subject of a spate of deals this year.
尽管煤层气市场仍处于起步阶段，但它是今年大批交易的主题。
Russia has imposed a ban on grain exports until the end of the year, after a severe drought and a spate of wildfires devastated crops.
在经过几次干燥和大量的野火使用农作物受灾后，俄罗斯已经实施禁止农作物出口，直到今年底。
Thirty-eight countries have now signed up to the OECD's 1997 anti-corruption convention, leading to a spate of cross-border prosecutions.
38个国家已经签署经合组织1997年的反腐败会议，引发了大规模的跨境控告。
A spate of Chinese films, plays and television shows have raised the question: What is love in an age of breakneck economic growth?
A显示了连串的中国电影，戏剧和电视已提出的问题是：爱情在这样一个时代？
No longer able to carry out observations, Cricket uses the computer to find any articles about the recent spate of robberies.
不再能够进行观测，克里克使用电脑时找到有关最近一连串的劫案的任何文章。
Like Malo should not take over the investigation and present spate of homicide at the presence of his prize.
好像马洛不该接手这宗调查似的，接二连三的凶杀案专候他的大驾光临。
The announcement follows a spate of suicides at two Foxconn campuses in southern China and criticism of the company's labor practices .
这个决定源于位于中国南部在两个富士康厂区内发生的一系列的自杀事件公司，以及对该公司劳工事务的批评。
Given the frequency with which this column focuses on RDF, it's worth noting the recent spate of activity on this W3C specification.
考虑到本专栏关注RDF的频率，有关这个W3C规范近来的大量活动是值得一提的。
Top Form and Tsuen Lee are not the only manufacturers worried about safety issues after this summer's spate of recalls.
今年夏天的召回风波后，并非只有黛丽斯和全利才担心安全问题。
America has produced a spate of musical plays that have been phenomenally popular abroad as well as at home.
美国确实创作并上演了大量驰名国内外的音乐剧。
There has been a spate of unsolved killings of gypsies, which has been widely blamed on rightwing vigilantes.
现在尚未破获的杀害吉普赛人案件泛滥，这些案件被广泛指责系右翼治安队员所为。
Bush has inspired a spate of Internet games where the players hurl footwear at moving targets of the U. S. president.
受这一事件启发，数款向布什扔鞋弹的网络游戏应运而生。
America has produced a spate of musical plays that have been phenomenally popular abroad as well as at home.
美国确实创作并上演了大量驰名国内外的音乐剧。
A spate of mysterious after-hours grenade attacks on banks and government buildings has stoked a sense of unease over what lies ahead.
营业结束后，银行和政府建筑遭到大量神秘手榴弹袭击，给人前途堪忧的感觉。
The death toll from a spate of tornadoes that hit southern states at the end of April rose to at least 340.
四月底南部地区接连袭来的龙卷风使死亡人数上升到至少340人。
There has been a spate of denials from the Indian foreign ministry, the border guards and even the Indian air force.
已经有来自于印度外交部、边防部队甚至是印度空军的声明。
But once that initial spate of spin-offs has occurred, where will budding hedge-fund managers be able to prove their mettle?
但是一旦有大量的复制品出现的话，这些刚刚展露头角的对冲基金经理们应该到哪去展现他们的价值？
He will probably need all his charm as he tries to draw a line under the crisis at France Telecom that was unleashed by a spate of suicides.
里夏尔可能需要施展其全部魅力，才能尽力为员工自杀潮给法国电信带来的危机划上句号。
The bracing findings were one explanation for a spate of new burger, pizza and barbecue places that popped up this year, the survey noted.
调查指出，这些“鼓舞人心”的发现可以解释为什么今年纽约冒出了很多汉堡店、皮萨店和烤肉店。
But with a spate of arrests of activists, lawyers and journalists in the past two years, China is moving in the opposite direction.
然而，在过去的两年里，逮捕活跃人士，律师，新闻界人士的事件层出不穷地发生，中国显然是在走倒退路。
This follows not a strike but a spate of suicides at a massive Foxconn plant in Guangdong's Shenzhen city.
这不是在一场罢工而是在广东深圳市富士康工厂发生一连串自杀事件后宣布的。
The company's comments come after a spate of employee suicides at its main manufacturing facilities here.
此前，鸿海精密深圳主要制造厂发生了一系列员工自杀事件。
In 2004 a spate of violent incidents at schools prompted President Hu to call for better security measures.
2004年的一连串校园暴力事件促使胡主席要求制定更严格的安全措施。
It was the first of the spate of huge scandals that erupted after dotcom boom turned to bust.
这是互联网泡沫破灭之后爆发大量惊人丑闻的头一桩案件。
But shark scientist Rachel Robbins said this was "rubbish" and the spate of attacks was a "freak coincidence" .
但是鲨鱼科学家RachelRobbins说这是“废话”，而一连串的鲨鱼袭击事件只是“反常的巧合”而已。
Resentment toward the police has also grown amid the recent spate of overnight raids and perceptions of corruption.
由于近期突击检查增多，加上对腐败现象的警觉，滞留者对警方的怨恨情绪也有所增长。
But officials clearly worry that protectionist forces in the United States could use the spate of quality problems to restrict trade.
但官方显然担心美国的贸易保护主义势力会利用接二连三的质量问题限制贸易。
A spate of bombings in Baghdad and Mosul in Iraq left at least 100 civilians dead and hundreds more wounded.
伊拉克巴格达与摩苏尔地区的一连串爆炸致使至少100名平民死亡，数百人受伤。
This development is the latest in a spate of good news about solar power, a type of renewable energy.
这是一连串关于一种可再生能源太阳能的好消息的最新发展成果。
These news articles appeared in a spate during the plate tilting, another indication that tilting had occurred.
在板块倾斜期间出现的这一连串文章，是倾斜发生的另一个迹象。
